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Fuel Cells Looking Good but Economics Vary Steven Bodzin's article on home fuel cells was an interesting and well-written introduction to this exciting technology (Fuel Cells Come Home, Nov/Dec '98, p. 7). However, I would like to point out that in the Northeast we are paying almost twice the natural gas price and 50% more than the propane price mentioned in the article. At our fuel costs, the fuel cell economics are radically altered.
Ron Manganiello
The applicable standard is UL 2034. It was first drafted in 1992. The first revision was October 1995. The numbers following the standard refer to the revision date. Hence, the current standard is UL 2034-98.
Don Smith
In April of 1998, the Wisconsin Legislature passed 1998 Wisconsin Act 81, Emergency Rules for Home Inspectors, requiring the licensing of all individuals who do home inspections. According to the letter of the law, its prescriptions apply to everyone who inspects houses except government officials, contractors preparing bids, and those operating under other state licenses or certifications.
The law states that an inspector must in all cases provide a written report that lists the components the inspector is required to inspect. The inspector must also indicate which components have actually been inspected. This requirement essentially means all home inspections must include some sort of checklist of hundreds of elements.
Even if you do not live or work in Wisconsin, you should be concerned about this legislation because it could be a model for new legislation in your state. In my opinion, this legislation represents an attempted takeover of our industry by those who fail to recognize the whole-house, interactive nature of building performance and the variety and importance of the services we provide. As of the beginning of January, both the advisory committee and the legislators who sponsored this law seemed to agree that energy auditors, HERS inspectors, and others with a more performance-based approach were not intended to be so regulated, but no official action has been taken to correct this problem.
Although the formal deadline for submitting comments has passed, continued opposition, including that from practitioners outside of Wisconsin, is still encouraged, especially if a rewriting of the law is required. Copies of any supporting documents can be sent to me at the address below.
When I first heard of this law, it seemed to be merely an added bureaucratic hassle and expense, but it would keep convicted felons from gaining access to our homes. When the proposed rules associated with this law were finally published, however, it became apparent that this action has the distinct probability of putting a large group of building performance inspectors at an extreme disadvantage relative to other segments of the industry. It also severely limits the public's access to hard, reliable information about critical health and safety considerations regarding the performance of their homes.
Home inspectors, as defined by this law, comprise a wide array of home professionals, including those of us who do field research, HERS ratings, weatherization inspections, blower door analysis, infrared scanning, energy audits, heating system efficiency/safety checks, indoor air quality analyses, or remodeling design or post-retrofit quality control inspections.
Although there are a wide range of groups and individuals impacted by this law, I would like to distinguish between two specific groups that identify themselves as performing home inspections. One camp serves primarily the pre-purchase market and usually performs visual inspections of readily accessible building elements, cataloguing the presence and apparent condition of each element. They cover a wide range of easily observable building elements, but make little effort to measure actual performance or draw conclusions about the operation of the house as a system.
The other camp--the home performance inspectors, researchers, and energy auditors--relies much more on scientific measurements and the identification of the interactions among building elements. They may have a more focussed stated objective such as saving energy, identifying causes of moisture problems, or remediating unsafe or unhealthy conditions. However, these professionals analyze these matters through an often complex diagnostic procedure that takes into account that a home is an integrated system of interactions, rather than simply a collection of component parts.
The members of the Home Inspector Advisory Committee, which is responsible for drafting the rules by which this law is to be enforced, have created standards that serve only one subsector of the home inspection industry: the pre-purchase, checklist-based inspectors. This sector certainly has the right to promote its own industry and establish its own standards for the kind of work they do. But it is irresponsible for the state to codify these guidelines for all professions providing services to the residential community.
These rules should be amended to identify that sector of the home inspection community to which these rules apply and provide necessary exclusions for those building professionals who serve a different purpose and different clientele and use methodologies inconsistent with the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) model.
Why are these regulations so onerous to our industry?
It has always been my contention, whenever I have taught or written about the practice of home performance inspection, that if you have your nose buried in a clipboard--counting electrical outlets, or turning every faucet handle, or making sure you recorded what kind of wall surface exists in each room--you will lose perspective on the big picture and fail to see the major fault with the house system that wasn't predicted by the committee that originally designed the checklist.
The law itself only requires the inspector to describe the condition of any element ... that, if not repaired, will have significant adverse effect. The Advisory Committee, however, in writing the supporting rules has clearly overstepped this mandate and taken upon itself to require all home inspectors to observe and describe in writing the type and condition of more than 50 major building element categories whether or not there is any problem present that needs attention. The list of elements takes up more than six pages and includes everything from roof covering materials to garage door openers and pipe supports.
The list may well be either excessive or grossly inadequate to the needs of a particular home inspection process, depending on the goal of the analysis or the desires of the client requesting the service. This may be a suitable list for one level of pre-purchase inspection, but it is hardly relevant to many other goals.
The fact that this law and its rules make absolutely no reference to any of the important housing performance issues (efficiency, health and safety, interactive nature of building component systems) with which our part of the industry is so passionately concerned implies that the supporters of this legislation have managed, perhaps out of oversight, to mandate requirements inconsistent with a major component of the industry they are regulating. The net result, however, is to co-opt meaningful building performance evaluation under the rubric of streamlining and standardizing the real estate transaction process and, in turn, effectively reduce the quality and value of information available to the homeowner from sectors other than their own.
Under this law, a home inspector is held liable for damages for any act of omission. Thus, I might be asked to simply perform an infrared scan as a quality control check on an insulation contractor. But if I fail to record that a floor joist under a porch was rotted, and an accident occurred within two years, I could be held liable for negligence! Even for the typical pre-purchase overview inspector, the fact that an individual receiving perhaps two hundred dollars should share or even absorb the liability--while the agent who typically receives 10% of the purchase price has largely divested his or her responsibility for the representation of the home--seems patently unfair.
I accept the requirement to be licensed and meet certain professional standards such as no conflict of interest and a clear criminal record. I do not, however, accept the redefinition of my business to match the mold of one specialized sector of the business. In order for all people who inspect houses (in whatever capacity) to comply with these rules, irrespective of the goals and nature of the service provided, one of three responses is required:
1) divert resources away from the services of building diagnostics or whatever the client requests or the particular job requires;
2) add on irrelevant reporting tasks to meet both the ASHI guidelines and the standards of the alternate housing profession, thus pricing the service out of the market, leaving homeowners with no other choice for professional guidance other than the checklist/component-based approach represented by this regulation; or
3) incur substantial legal costs to draft a suitable disclaimer contract requiring clients to request that the contractor not provide the irrelevant reporting documentation mandated by these rules, thus implying that the performance-based inspection or other service offered are somehow substandard to the state-licensed ASHI model.
The home inspection/building performance industry has made incredible technical advances over the last quarter century. We no longer have to rely on mere visual inspections, checklists, and informed assumptions about what's going on in houses. We have introduced a wide arsenal of diagnostic tools and new levels of technical understanding of how buildings work.
However, the technology is still young. At dozens of conferences and workshops annually, technicians and researchers debate the accuracy, techniques, and results of our vast field research. New tools and techniques are introduced every year. What was gospel last year is superceded by new understanding and techniques the next.
To stifle this dynamic movement through overregulation--reducing our methods and discoveries to a simple checklist to satisfy the desires of a real-estate industry that is unwilling to share liability or educate itself to the complexities of building performance--is foolish. It is comparable to the suggestion from the New Jersey legislature to require licensing and state-mandated testing for computer programmers. As such, they became the laughing-stock of the regulatory community. Let us not make the same mistake in Wisconsin.
You can get your own copy of the law and proposed rules from Clete Hansen at the Division of Licensure and Regulation. Tel:(608)267-3816; Fax(608)267-3816; E-mail: email@example.com.
Tom Wilson
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A Hearing Heart, by Bonnie Dee
"A Hell of a Time", by Jackie Kessler (part of the Hell on Earth series)
A Man of His Word, by Sarah M. Anderson
A Hunger Like No Other, by Kresley Cole
A Not-So-Perfect Past, by Beth Andrews (Book 2, Serenity Springs novels)
A Rake's Guide to Seduction, by Caroline Linden (Book 3, Exeters)
A Soldier Comes Home, by Cindi Myers
A Soldier's Return, by Judy Christenberry
About Last Night, by Ruthie Knox
All of Me, by Patricia Ryan
All U Can Eat, by Emma Holly
Almost a Gentleman, by Pamela Rosenthal
Amorous Liaisons, by Sarah Malberry
Angel's Blood, by Nalini Singh (Book 1, Hunters Guild)
Annie's Song, by Catherine Anderson
As Darkness Falls, by Bronwyn Parry (Book 1, Dungirri)
At the Midnight Hour, by Alicia Scott (Book 1, Guiness Gang)
Atlantis Awakening, by Alyssa Day (Book 3, Warriors of Poseidon)
Atlantis Rising, by Alyssa Day (Book 1, Warriors of Poseidon)
Atlantis Unleashed, by Alyssa Day (Book 5, Warriors of Poseidon)
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Baby, I'm Yours, by Karen Templeton (Book 3, Guys and Daughters)
Bad Girl by Night, by Lacy Alexander
Be With Me, by Maya Banks
Beautiful Girl, by Shiloh Walker
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Ben's Wildflower, by Carol Lynne
Betting Hearts, by Dee Tenorio
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Between The Sheets, by Mardi Balou
Bewitched, by Sandra Schwab
Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels, by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan
Beyond His Control, by Stephanie Tyler
Beyond Innocence, by Emma Holly
Beyond the Rain, by Jess Granger
Big Bad Wolf, by Christine Warren (Book 1, The Others [revised and rewritten version of Fur Factor])
Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide, by J. R. Ward
Black Hills, by Nora Roberts
"Black Leather Rose", by Jules Jones
Blaze of Memory, by Nalini Singh (Book 7, Psy/Changeling)
Bound by Honor, by Colette Gale
Branded by Fire, by Nalini Singh (Book 6, Psy/Changeling)
Broken Wing, by Judith James
Busman's Honeymoon, by Dorothy L. Sayers (Book 11, Lord Peter Wimsey)
But that Was Yesterday, by Kathleen Eagle
Caine's Reckoning, by Sarah McCarty (Book 1, Hell's Eight)
Caine's Reckoning, by Sarah McCarthy (Book 1, Hell's Eight)
Captain Jack's Woman, by Stephanie Laurens (Prequel to the Bastion Club)
Caressed by Ice, by Nalini Singh (Book 3, Psy/Changeling)
"Carolina Wolf", by Sela Carsen
Castle of the Wolf, by Sandra Schwab
Child of her Heart, by Cheryl St. John
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, by Lisa Kleypas
Claiming the Courtesan, by Anna Campbell
"Claiming Their Mate", by Paige McKellan
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler
Confessions of a Millionaire's Mistress, by Robyn Grady
Coyote's Mate, by Lora Leigh (Book 18, The Breeds)
Dark Hunger, by Sara Reinke (Book 2, Brethren)
Dark of Night, by Suzanne Brockmann (Book 14, Troubleshooters)
Dark Thirst, by Sara Reinke (Book 1, Brethren)
Death Angel, by Linda Howard
Dreaming of You, by Lisa Kleypas
Embraced by Love, by Suzanne Brockmann
"Empath", by Bonnie Dee
Entangled, by Eileen Wilks
Fade to Midnight, by Shannon McKenna
Fading Illusions, by Kimberly Holt-Whitlock
Fallen From Grace, by Laura Leone
Felicity Stripped Bare, by Vanessa Jaye
Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James
Finders Keepers, by Sharon Sala
Flirting in Traffic, by Beth Kery
For Colored Girls (film)
Forbidden Pleasures, by Lora Leigh
Forgotten Marriage, by Paula Roe
Fragile, by Shiloh Walker
Future Perfect, by Suzanne Brockmann
Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers (Book 10, Lord Peter Wimsey)
Get a Clue, by Jill Shalvis
Getting Gabriel, by Cathy Quinn
"Gobsmacked", by L.B. Gregg (Book 1, Men of Smithfield)
Grimspace, by Ann Aguirre (Book 1, Sirantha Jax)
Guilty Needs, by Shiloh Walker
"Happy Ending", by L.B. Gregg (Book 2, Men of Smithfield)
Have His Carcase, by Dorothy L. Sayers (Book 7, Lord Peter Wimsey)
Hell's Belles, by Jackie Kessler (Book 1, Hell on Earth)
Heart Mate, by Robin D. Owens (book 1, Heart novels)
Heaven Can Wait, by Cheryl St. John
Her Best Friend, by Sarah Mayberry
Her Montana Man, by Cheryl St. John
Her Secret Fling, by Sarah Mayberry
Hostage to Pleasure, by Nalini Singh (Book 5, Psy/Changeling)
Hot as Hell, by HelenKay Dimon
Hotter Than Hell, by Jackie Kessler (Book 3, Heall on Earth)
If Tomorrow Never Comes, by Emjai Colbert
In The Garden trilogy, by Nora Roberts
Instant Attraction, by Jill Shalvis (Book 1, Wilder Adventures)
Into the Fire, by Suzanne Brockmann (Book 13, Troubleshooters)
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It Had To Be You, by Susan E Phillips (Book 1, Chicago Stars)
Jane's Warlord, by Angela Knight
Just a Taste, by Bronwyn Jameson
Just Like A Dame, by Daisy Dexter Dobbs
Just Like Heaven, by Julia Quinn
Kiss and Hell, by Dakota Cassidy (Book 1, Demonic romances)
Last Wolf Standing, by Rhyannon Byrd (Book 1, Blood Runners trilogy)
Left at the Altar, by Justine Davis (Book 2, Cameron/Holt trilogy)
Lethal Rider, by Larissa Ione (Book 3, Lords of Deliverance)
Long-lost Mom, by Jill Shalvis
Lord and Master, by Jules Jones
Lord of Scoundrels, by Loretta Chase
"Love Me Still", by Maya Banks
Lover Enshrined, by J.R. Ward (Book 6, Black Dagger Brotherhood)
Lover Enshrined, by J.R. Ward (Book 6, Black Dagger Brotherhood)
Lover Unbound, by J.R. Ward (Book 5, Black Dagger Brotherhood)
Loving Scarlett, by Lola Newman
Mr Imperfect, by Karina Bliss
Mr Right Now, by Monica Jackson
"Mad Dog Love", by Angela Knight
Magic Burns, by Ilona Andrews (Book 2, Kate Daniels)
Manhunter, by Loreth Anne White
Match Me If You Can, by Susan E Phillips (Book 6, Chicago Stars)
Memory in Death, by J.D. Robb (Book 22, … In Death)
Midnight Temptation, by Dee Tenorio
Millers Kill series by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Mine to Possess, by Nalini Singh (Book 4, Psy/Changeling)
Morning Glory, by LaVyrle Spencer
Moving in Rhythm, by Dev Bentham
My Best Friend's Girl, by Dorothy Koomson
Nighthawk, by Rachel Lee (Book 8, Conard County)
No Control, by Shannon K. Butcher (Book 2, Delta Force)
Northern Lights, by Nora Roberts
Notorious Pleasures, by Elizabeth Hoyt
Out of The Dark, by Sharon Sala
Over My Dead Body, by Michele Barsdley (Book 5, Broken Heart, Oklahoma)
Over the Edge, by Suzanne Brockmann (Book 3, Troubleshooters)
"Paradise", by Meljean Brook (Book 3, Guardians)
Parallel Attraction, by Deidre Knight (Book 1, Parallel series)
Parker's Price, by Ann Bruce
Pirate Queen, by Susanna Valent
Polly's Perilous Pleasures, by Daisy Dexter Dobbs
Premeditated Murder, by Ed Gaffney
Prince Joe, by Suzanne Brockmann (Book 1, Tall, Dark and Dangerous)
Promises in Death, by J. D. Robb
Promises Prevail, by Sarah McCarty
Proof by Seduction, by Courtney Milan
"Rachel's Totem", by Marie Harte
Red-Headed Stepchild, by Jaye Wells
Relentless, by Lauren Dane (Book 2, Federation)
"Renegade", by Ann Aguirre (prequel to Sirantha Jax novels)
Rescue Me, by Christy Reece (Book 1, Last Change Rescue)
Ride the Fire, by Pamela Clare (Book 3, Blakewell/Kenleigh novels)
Riding on Instinct, by Jaci Burton (Book 3, Wild Riders)
Riding Tempation, by Jaci Burton (Book 2, Wild Riders)
Risk, by Ann Christopher
Ritual Sins, by Anne Stuart
"Rules of Engagement", by Ann Bruce
"Runespell", by Sela Carsen
Salvation in Death, by J.D. Robb (Book 30, … In Death)
Sam's Creed, by Sarah McCarty
Scandalous Love, by Brenda Joyce
Scion: Insurrection, by Patrice Michelle (Book 2, Scions trilogy)
Scions: Resurrection, by Patrice Michelle (Book 1, Scions trilogy)
Scions: Revelation, by Patrice Michelle (Book 3, Scions trilogy)
"Sea Crossing", by Virginia Kantra (Prequel, Children of the Sea)
Sea Witch, by Virginia Kantra (Book 1, Children of the Sea)
Seasons of Love, by Bonnie Dee
Second-Chance Family, by Karina Bliss
Serious Play, by Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon
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"Shifter's Lady", by Alyssa Day
Shorts (various authors)
Shotgun Wedding, by Maggie Osborne
"Show Me", by Jaci Burton
Silk if for Seduction, by Loretta Chase
Silver Lining, by Maggie Osborne
Simply Perfect, by Mary Balogh (Book 4, Simply)
Sins of the Night, by Devyn Quinn (Book 2, Kyth and Kynn)
"Skin To Skin", by Dionne Galace
Slave To Sensation, by Nalini Singh (Book 1, Psy/Changeling)
Slave to Sensation, by Nalini Singh (Book 1, Psy/Changeling)
Slightly Married, by Mary Balogh (Book 1, Slightly)
Slightly Dangerous, by Mary Balogh (Book 6, Slightly)
So Close and No Closer, by Penny Jordan
Somebody to Love, by Kristan Higgins
Somebody To Love, by Kate Rothwell
Son of The Morning, by Linda Howard
Standoff, by Lauren Dane
Strangers in Death, by J.D. Robb (Book 29, … In Death)
Strong Poison, by Dorothy L. Sayers (Book 5, Lord Peter Wimsey)
Sweet Surrender, by Maya Banks (Book 1, Sweet novels)
"Talking with the Dead", by Shiloh Walker
Tall Dark Defender, by Beth Cornelison
The Billionaire's Bidding, by Barbara Dunlop
The Bravo Bachelor, by Christine Rimmer (Book 24, Bravo Family)
The Broken H, by J.L. Langley
The Conquest, by Julia Templeton
The Countess Lends a Hand, by Bonnie Dee
The Countess Takes a Lover, by Bonnie Dee
The Dark Gate, by Pamela Palmer (Book 1, Esri)
The Darkest Hour, by Maya Banks (Book 1, KGI)
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"The Gingerbread Tryst", by Nichelle Gregory
The Heart of Christmas anthology
"The Hottest One-Night Stand", by Lisa Renee Jones
The Ideal Wife, by Mary Balogh
The Last Good Man, by Kathleen Eagle
The Madness of Lord Iam Mackenzie, by Jennifer Ashley
The Malorie Phoenix, by Janet Mullany
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The Missing, by Shiloh Walker
The Nine Lives of Christmas, by Sheila Roberts
The Once and Future Prince, by Olivia Gates (Book 1, The Castaldini Crown)
The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
The Return of Luke McGuire, by Justine Davis
The Road to Hell, by Jackie Kessler (Book 2, Hell on Earth)
The Search, by Nora Roberts
"The Season for Suitors" by Nicola Cornick (The Heart of Christmas anthology)
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The Slightest Provocation, by Pam Rosenthal
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The Witness, by Nora Roberts
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Undercover, by Lauren Dane (Book 1, Federation)
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Unnatural Death, by Dorothy L. Sayers (Book 3, Lord Peter Wimsey)
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Compensation for private college presidents has continued to drift upward, while the number crossing the $1 million barrier - a signal of prestige, and a magnet for criticism - held steady at 36, according to a new survey.
The latest annual compilation by The Chronicle of Higher Education covers data from 2010, due to lag time in the release of federal tax information. That year, median compensation for the 494 presidents in the survey - leaders of institutions with budgets of at least $50 million - was $396,649, or 2.8 percent higher than in last year's survey. But median base salary fell slightly, by less than 1 percent.
The highest paid was Bob Kerrey, who was president of The New School in New York until December 2010 before returning to Nebraska, where he made an unsuccessful run to return to the U.S Senate. Kerrey's total compensation was valued at just over $3 million. His base salary was just over $600,000, but he received the remainder in the form of a retention bonus, deferred compensation and other benefits.
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The highest-paid in 2010 who remains on the job is Shirley Ann Jackson of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, who was No. 2 at $2.34 million, followed by Pollick, at $2.31 million. The highest base salary belonged to John Sexton of New York University and totaled $1.24 million out of $1.48 million total compensation.
The Chronicle has previously compiled salary data for the presidents of public institutions, which was available for 2011. Those figures showed three public university presidents earned more than $1 million in 2011, led by Gordon Gee of Ohio State with total compensation of just under $2 million.
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John King says that it was his decision to ask Gingrich about his ex-wife's allegation; David Gergen weighs in on the issue.
Let me commend you for asking Newt Gingrich the "open marriage" questions. He is seeking a public office -the higest public office of the Land and possible in the world – and we need to know if he has the core values, honesty, and the stableness of character that befits this high office. His inflated ego should not prevent the media from asking such questions.
Generally I agree, such topics get in the way of real issues but Newt's indignation was hypocritical in the extreme. This was the guy who oversaw as speaker, the entire nation grind to a halt for a year over Clinton's dalliance with Monica. He helped introduce these topics to the mainstream. D
on't backdown John
I don't think John King should apolgize in any way for asking that question. If character matters in an election, than I think it's a jounalist's duty to ask those questions, regardless of who the candidate is. Gingrich's famlly life was dominating the headlines; furthermore Gingrich gave permission for his daughters to go public, so why Gingrich, a seasoned politician, took offense is beyond me. He should have answered the question calmly and it would have been forgotten. That particular issue was the elephant in the room at that debate and he knew it. Again, being a seasoned politician, Gingrich had to have known his marital difficulties were going to come up in the debate somehow in some way. My sense is he made a calculated decision to turn the issue away from him and onto John King and CNN.
Bravo! John, I also agree with Patricia Korth about metal illness surfacing. How could a person of compassion and moral character respond like he did? OH, he did it once before did'nt he with a sick wife. I find him to be no more no less than a cable tv evangelical paster hunting for idiots to believe in his theology.
John king was right on in asking about this mans baggage......but Gingrich is a seasoned player and in a brilliant move, used it to address the rights favorite booger boo, MSM......its okay for Fox to call the president anything from a socialist, birther,anti christian, anti american etc, etc, but when you ask them a question......it turns into an attack...LOL....
I am just sitting here and lauging at the way Mr. Gingrich suddenly wants to run a clean campaign when in fact he was one of the front runners in the slaughtering of Mr. Clinton by the way, he ended up cheating on his wife the same as Clinton did. Mr. Gingrich is a hypocrit who is now "appauled" at questioning concerning his personal life when I remember he was one of the front runners who spoke so dammingly about Clinton and his actions then. How the world has changed. He is full of it. Karma is what it's called.
Congratulations,CNN,for enabling Newt Gingrich win the Republican nomination.
John King threw Newt a softball on Wednesday,and Newt scored a homerun,rather predictably by lashing out at the "Elites"so hated by GOPers.
Deliberately or otherwise,CNN has enabled Newt's impending victory.
As a conservative christian i beleive that divorce and infedility are things Jesus spoke strongly aganst, so how can the Republican Party endorse a man who has so lttle respect for the values of marrage that he divorced twiced and wanted an open marriage, how do they marry his history with what Social christian conservatism stands for morally.
Its appalling just as Gingrich said about the media questioning his infidelity and immorality during the GOP presidential campaign, that this kinds of questions discourage decent candidates to run for office. Well, then is he a decent candidate after this allegations of infidelity of open marriage including his former mistress now his wife? and For her to be a future first lady is appalling itself. And who is he to say this things against the media when the tea party with the backing of the GOP made fun and insulted Pres Obama during the election and post election regarding his race calling him a gorilla with a picture, calling him a muslim and cannot be trusted, questioning his birth certificate, etc. these are all insults and demonizing Obama. This is what they call the decent campaigning and decent GOP and tea party with a conservative agenda? what a hyporcrite they are. Mr Gingrich is dangerous to be the president of the US. Mr Gingrich is corrupt and will put this country further down just like what George Bush Jr did. Remember, history sometimes repeats itself.
The question was appropriate, but it should not have been the lead off question. While I believe ALL aspects of a candidate's life are fair game, there are other issues which should have come first in the discussion.
I agree with Mr. King in asking the question To Newt on his affair with his latest wife. I like how he say that he has
found God and now he is a perfect person. You notice that his curtain wife is always at his side to make sure.
I will not vote for him.
I am so disapointed that you have not spent more air time with comments about the brilliant remarks of Ron Paul. He is, by far, the most presidential of all the candidents, yet your network and others seem to be ignoring his campaign. John Stewart has mentioned this several time as has others. His remarks, last night, lasted over 21 total minutes of intelligent and brilliant remarks, but your network seems to be more interested in Gingrich's 2nd wife. Please be fair with your coverage of all of the candidates and stay away from the smut. If I want to hear about wives and such I'll buy an Esquire magizene. Ken Pouncey
John King you did a terrible job moderating. You pushed Rom Paul to the side lines. I give you a F for moderating an A for Sensationalism. It was your job to get the issues to Americans on the table and let all candidates a chance to speak.
CNN wants politics spun the way they see it, You all told the world that Romney won Iowa. Wrong ...Rick Santorium. You all think Newt has SC....I think you are wrong again.
John King, what were you thinking? Yes, it may have been a fair question to ask somewhere in the debate, but it took the night to a new low right at the beginning and turned the audience off of your role unfortunately. You also kept ignoring Ron Paul and left him out until the audience prodded you. It was not a good way to start off the debate, it was a tabloid question and it fed into the mistrust of the media. Gingrich's ex may have a case but she lost points by doing the interview on the day of the debate and just before an important vote. Why didn't she do it weeks or months ago? Unfortunately she came off bitter and opportunistic which may not be true but is a logical percetion. The only one who was helped by this whole interview and question is President Obama because it has continued the perception that the whole Republican field is weak, has too much baggage and is just a big reality show.
I think John King was right in asking the question. I just wish he would have stood up for himself more. Gingrich is a hypocrite and should not be president.
It was politically advantageous for Gingrich to have the question about his ex-wife's allegation right off the bat. If I was his Campaign strategist, I would have planned it just this way because the best defense is a good offense. In fact, I wonder if his campaign DID ask for that question to be addressed first because they knew it was going to come up and it was an elephant in the room. Even if I personally don't care for Gingrich, it was masterfully played politics (if not grandiose, lol) So well played that Gingrich won the hearts of this debate. I wonder what would have happened if this wasn't the first question. Hum, I bet he wouldn't have done so well.
I am in total agreement with John King bringing up the issue about the comments made by Newt Gingrich's ex-wife. It was the proper thing for him to do as a journalist. What, will CNN be the only network not to ask about it when you have the opportunity? John would not have done his best if he had not asked. Newt's and oher candidates entire lives should be put on the front line for the people to know the character & ethics of those running to be President of the U.S. Don't get mad, just respond in an appropriate manner...or is Obama the only one to be put on the hot seat...he sure took his hits in the last election when some of the media would not let go of a certain issue surronding him. Newt is angry but it is his way of trying to make the media/journalist feel bad and hopefully to deter anyone else from binging it up again. But John, kudos to you for simply doing your job and a good one at that. All he has to do is respond and let the people decide. People should not be so quick to judge others and not expect their wrong doings to come back and bite them in the *** at some point. Besides, perhaps she is telling the truth and she feels that people should know about his character. Isn't that what the women did to Cain, informed the public of his character. The bottom line is that people will believe whatever they want. Just ask Barack Obama or anyone else for that matter.
I'm no fan of Newt but John question was distasteful.
You know Anderson, things are heating up again!
It was interesting that the 1 hour post debate coverage spent the first 54 minutes covering the (according to the CNN poll) 1st, 2nd and 4th place candidates. The Anderson Cooper post debate circle jerk didn't mention Ron Paul until the 54 minute mark and even then only said his name twice in passing.
I always thought of CNN as a neutral and unbiased place to get news of the day. I guess I was wrong. Paul was ignored during the debate AND the post debate coverage. He is only 1 of 4 candidates. Imagine if he was 1 of 2. Would we just keep the camera on Romney the whole time?
John King did the right thing in presenting Newt Gingrich with this conflicting and controversial suject, right at the opening of the debate. Newt is an actor and knew exactly what he was doing, screaming like a small child. He has acted this way in tight situations on many occasions. It is his way of getting attention. This is exactly why the house wanted to throw him out of his Speaker job. He is erratic and undependable. He creates a scene if things do not go his way. Thanks, John, for a good evening of entertainment. You are always a gentleman, and the best.
I agree totally with John King and David Gergen. It was pure theatrics by Gingrich, he knew the question was coming and got on the attack. He was right to do so as it gained him serious points. I do think Gingrich will not win the Nomination, he must not be President.
I do believe that the "open season" the MSM has enjoyed on Republicans for so long is coming to an end. Newt handled being attacked with such an abhorrant question beautifully. I hope that the frankness he brought to that absurd question continues throughout the remainder of the political season. Enough spin and tiptoeing around baseline truths.
The audience reaction is no action, the GOP debates has been nothing if not a display of mean-spiritness and those are the people that Gingrich has always pandered too
Funny that THIS is what people care about. The man gives his cancer stricken wife divorce papers in the hospital for crying out loud. That made a certain Democratic candidate resign his campaign in 2008 but I guess the family values party doesn't care.
you did a good job, John!
I disliked the way Gingrich jumped on John King and has anyone else noticed the erratic attitudes (ups and downs) in Gingrich's behavior? It's a little scarey and I wonder if there isn't some mental illness surfacing there. Would he react the same way if the prime minister of another nation asked him a question he did not like? Surely the voters would not give someone like that a win.


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Solomon Asch's Famous Compliance Experiment
Posted by The Situationist Staff on September 16, 2009
From Wikipedia:
Solomon Asch . . . . became famous in the 1950s, following experiments which showed that social pressure can make a person say something that is obviously incorrect.
This experiment was conducted using 123 male participants. Each participant was put into a group with 5 to 7 "confederates" (People who knew the true aims of the experiment, but were introduced as participants to the naive "real" participant). The participants were shown a card with a line on it, followed by another card with 3 lines on it labeled a, b, and c. The participants were then asked to say which line matched the line on the first card in length. Each line question was called a "trial". The "real" participant answered last or penultimately. For the first two trials, the subject would feel at ease in the experiment, as he and the other "participants" gave the obvious, correct answer. On the third trial, the confederates would start all giving the same wrong answer. There were 18 trials in total and the confederates answered incorrectly for 12 of them, these 12 were known as the "critical trials". The aim was to see whether the real participant would change his answer and respond in the same way as the confederates, despite it being the wrong answer.
Solomon Asch thought that the majority of people would not conform to something obviously wrong, but the results showed that participants conformed to the majority on 37% of the critical trials. However, 25% of the participants did not conform on any trial. 75% conformed at least once, and 5% conformed every time.
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Tax season is one that fills many with dread. However, there is plenty of help available if you remain calm and take your questions one at a time.
Begin by asking yourself what type of help you need. Do you need the encouragement of a person on the phone? Do you need face-to-face help in preparing your taxes? Are you comfortable working with an online site?
IRS Telephone Assistance
The most complete and authoritative tax information is provided by the Internal Revenue Service. For official IRS telephone assistance, call 1-800-829-1040.
Anyone may call this number to ask questions regarding forms, tax laws or preparation of tax returns.
If you are a low-income taxpayer, there is a program called the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA).
VITA provides volunteers to assist you in preparing and filing your tax return for free. Call 1-800-829-1040 to find the location nearest you. Hearing impaired people can call 1-800-829-4059 (TDD) and for business information you can call 1-800-829-4933.
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The TCE (Tax Counseling for the Elderly) is another IRS program. By calling 1-888-227-7669, it will allow you to locate a tax aide site sponsored by the AARP in your area.
These sites provide face-to-face help with preparing your taxes. If you are 60 or older, this service is free.
The United Way also provides assistance through the IRS VITA program. Call 1-800-358-8832 to contact the United Way.
According to UWBA.com, there is a great deal of information to be obtained in this manner. Information on tax credits such as the child tax credit and earned income tax credit (EITC) is offered.
Remember, even if you pay no taxes, you may qualify for a tax credit, but you must file to receive it.
The Web site NationalBusiness.org recommends the following places to obtain tax help:
Your Local Public Library: These institutions have long been known for having tax forms available to pick up. They are also places used by many groups to provide information and assistance to taxpayers.A list of who is sponsoring each event, along with date and time information, should be available by calling or by looking on the bulletin boards. Also remember that libraries often provide online access if you wish to contact any of the sites discussed later.
Local Community Centers: Local senior centers, social service agencies or neighborhood community centers often provide space for many groups that offer tax preparation assistance.Other places that offer such assistance would be the YMCA and the YWCA.
Your Church Or Ministry: Any caring group that you are familiar with and that you would feel comfortable asking for advice most likely can point you in the right direction.
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Military personnel from any branch of the service can file at any military VITA center, according to the LifeLines Web site.
The Armed Forces Tax Council oversees the operation of the VITA military tax programs worldwide.
The program provides free tax advice, tax preparation, return filing and other tax assistance for Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, Navy and Coast Guard members and their families.
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For those who prefer working online, Fox Business online recommends the official site of the IRS.
This site has all the official answers. The site provides a link to "Free File" where low income taxpayers can file electronically without a fee.
A branch link will answer many common questions that you have, while another branch link allows you to access the IRS site in Spanish.
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If a social worker already assists you with paperwork such as food stamps, Medicaid or housing vouchers, they would also be a good source for information on where to receive tax preparation help.
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There are many, many additional sites available on the Internet that offer free tax assistance. These can be accessed by anyone doing a Google search on "free tax help" or related terms.
Many of these are very helpful, but that is not true of all sites.
As Joe Chadwick, director of investment services for the Longevity Alliance, points out on Fox Business online, "There is a great wealth of information, but there is virtually no quality control exercised on the (Internet) as a whole, so you have to be a bit cautious, even on seemingly benign topics like taxes."


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After starring in 13 games since their 2002 premiere on the PS2, Ratchet & Clank are making the jump to the big screen with a movie planned for a 2015 release.
The film is a coproduction of Rainmaker Entertainment, known for recent children's film Escape from Earth, and Blockade Entertainment, an animation house that specializes in video game adaptations for TV. Game developer Insomniac will be playing a "hands-on role" in the production as well, with series writer T.J. Fixman penning the script according to today's announcement. The movie will be "a retelling and re-fleshing out of the origin story" with the original series antagonist Chairman Drek as the main villain, Insomniac Community Lead James Stevenson revealed in a comment thread accompanying the announcement.
Though Ratchet & Clank games have appeared exclusively on Sony systems (and have often been heavily promoted by Sony itself), the Japanese conglomerate isn't involved in the movie through its Sony Pictures label. "The movie business is crazy at times," Insomniac Community Lead James Stevenson said in response to a question about Sony involvement. "We're super stoked to be partnering with Rainmaker though and getting to be super hands-on."
Movies based on gaming properties have an extremely checkered past. For every relative success story like Tomb Raider or Resident Evil there are a handful of critical and box office flops ranging from Super Mario Bros. to Postal. And then there are the bevy of video game movie projects that are announced and then trapped in development hell: We're still waiting on supposed films based on Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Gears of War, not to mention the seemingly cursed Halo movie project.
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Dance instructor Adrianne Haslet-Davis lost her foot in the Boston marathon bombing but is determined to move forward. She and her husband, Air Force Capt. Adam Davis, told Anderson Cooper what happened to them immediately following the blast, and why they're so optimistic about overcoming the challenges of Adrianne's amputation.
The 32-year-old crawled on her elbows to find safety in a nearby bar after the explosions. Seeing the severity of her injury, she and her husband, with the help of another person, used belts as tourniquets to try to stop the bleeding.
Adrianne discovered her foot was gone after she awoke from surgery and told her mother that her foot felt numb. She said it was difficult to find out that she was experiencing phantom pains because she no longer had a foot on her left leg.
Over the past week she's processed the horror of that day and the devastating effects, but is determined to dance again. Adrianne has also said she's interested in participating in the marathon next year.
"I don't want this to be the end. So whether it's, you know, running the marathon or walking the marathon or crawling the marathon and being the last one across. I'm OK with that ... But I am defiant and I want to come out stronger," she said.
Adrianne has also accepted another difficult challenge: teaching Anderson to dance. Watch the interview for more of her remarkable story of strength and grace.
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Adrianne you remind my late father who in his 80's lost his foot, still drove and wanted to go dancing. This was not going to stop him from living life. I go out dancing a few times a week (ballroom and latin) and love it. So once your hooked you cannot stop no matter what happens. I would not be surprised if I see on dancing with the stars sometime in the near future. Wishing you speedy recovery and all the very best!
What a wonderfull person. You are a winner.
I pray for you. Your leg will be alright in another month.
Don't worry. God is always with the braves.
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Adrianne, With all you have gone through recently, you have every right to be angry. Upon viewing your interview with Anderson Cooper, I am so proud of you for being able to put this horribly negative experience into perspective with poise and class, and still have a positive attitude. Your guts and determination for recovery are truly inspiring - to say the least. I can't wait to see you on Dancing with the Stars! Please enjoy the moment. Wishing you the very best.
It is hard to get over the anger..since you have not done anything wrong to deserve this. But the good thing is you are strong in your spirits. You have been so close to death and now you are smiling and defiant – defying hate, cowardice, fanaticism- you will stand up and dance. A lesson of hope and courage to the world.
Keep it up Adrienne and Beat it!!
Very brave and amazing woman. I pray for her quick healing and respect her. I highly condemn all those responsible for such heinous acts. Being a Muslim myself I know that all those who are responsible for such acts have nothing to do with any religion. Those are sick animals, just hijacking the name of a peaceful religion. We all are sick and tired of such groups who are wrongfully trying to legitimize their acts by naming a religion but ruining the image of more than billion people and making life terrible for many. I hope media and everyone else just highlight them as terrorists and don't associate them to any religion.
it is wonderful to read about people, who refuse to give up, and manage to find the courage to keep going..
Adrianne, I just cannot believe your positive attitude, it's almost unreal. What an inspiration you are to many. It's hard for me to believe you've experienced a life changing event just a few days ago. You will never know what you've done for someone like me, but I know I won't complain about anything again. In fact, I'm not sad for you at all, I'm so very happy for you. Always been sceptical about making donations, but I couldn't help it this time and I know I'm only donating a widow's mite, but with your kinda spirit, the sky is no limit for you.
Wishing you all the best.
If it is any help, I lost my foot last June and with the help of a prosthesis I am up working on my Ballroom dancing. At age 70, people think that's amazing. If I can do it, great dancing accomplishments lie ahead for you. I shall look forward to seeing you on 'Dancing with the Stars' and beyond. Keep looking forward, keep dancing and keep that Award Winning American smile.
God Bless you!
Adrianne is a true inspiration. She has such a positive attitude as a dancer losing a foot. She won't give up and that is truly remarkable. As a musician, I don't know if I could say the same if I lost a hand.
Adrian, I was dancing ballet professionally in the early 1970's. An amazing male dancer had lost his foot in an auto accident. After a lot of rehab, determination and guts he was back performing, wearing character boots instead of ballet slippers. Go for it!
My challenge : A year ago my right side was paralyzed as a result of a brain aneurysm. Incredible doctors saved my life. My dance training and discipline got me walking without a brace.
I am also determined to dance again. I will not be able to dance ballet again, but I fully intend to dance ballroom. Will you be my teacher? We both have a challending year ahead. We can do it. What can I do to help you?
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Adrianne, You are a lovely person I am really inspired by you and by how you are dealing with your current situation. Please look up Dave Moldover in Baltimore, MD., Dave is a West Coast Swing dance promoter who was in a motor cycle accident and lost his leg. He has promoted West Coast Swing and has created a hugh community in the Washington, DC and Baltimore areas and he dances all the time. I know for absolute certainty that your dancing days are not over. Best of luck to you.
OMG really you are a wonderful women. I am just wondering your brave. I wish you all the best sweetheart.
I am so moved by this young woman. No tears, just motivation to get through and be strong. She is so upbeat and no self pity...I am brought to tears by her courage and strength! I am in awe of her. Boston strong!
God Bless you, You are a beautiful young woman.
I love your spirit!! Stay strong you two!!
What an amazing story. I would be honored to pace her in Boston next year. I have paved over 20 marathons including Chicago twice.
A brave young couple. I wish them the best!
What an amazing triumph of the human spirit! I pray that God will give her the healing that she needs and that she will be able to live out all of her dreams.
There IS hope for Adrienne! A follow up to her story, and possibly someone who could give her some guidance, is the captain of the 2000 or 2001 (I forget which) West Point lacrosse team. He lost a foot (but not his knee) to a landmine in Afghanistan in late 2001 or early 2002. After rehabilitation he was able to play in an Army – Navy alumni lacrosse game that was held in 2003 or 2004 to raise funds for the wounded.
Adrienne struck me as a very determined person and I wish her the best.
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Adrianne, You are a amazing young woman. I am truly forever moved by seeing you. Heal quick and I hope to see you at the end of the Boston Marathon 2014. Thank you for the inspiration to keep on going. You are in my thoughts and prayers.


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Meet the Staff
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Jeanie Rudich (owner) and George Rudich; standing: Diane Govern, Carol Scharl, and Laurel Hornick; not pictured: Mary Corrigan.
Making Miniatures
Original bookcases from the former schoolhouse library hold miniature bolts of fabric. Jeanie cuts cardboard bolts in half, folds fabric in half, then wraps a new mini bolt to make space on the larger shelves for new fabric bolts.
Bright 1930s Prints
Oopsie Daisy by Darlene Zimmerman graces the wall and Chain Reaction by Tea for Two is on the table in a sweet 1930s vignette.
Army Stars
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Quilting Details
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Army Stars Color Option
Pretty pastels from the Sanibel collection by Heather Mulder Peterson and Deb Mulder for Henry Glass & Co. reveal this pattern's lighter side. By using the same fabric combinations for all the star blocks, side units, and triangle-squares, quilt tester Laura Boehnke completed a less scrappy version. To simplify, Laura used only the Army Stars A blocks.
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Facebook famously has a lot of our data, but now one Wisconsin academic is trying to turn the tables on CEO Mark Zuckerberg, just a little bit.
Last Friday, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee's Digital Commons launched the Zuckerberg Files. The project contains a complete digital archive of "all public utterances of Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg." As the project is described:
The archive includes transcripts and bibliographic data of all publicly available content representing the voice and words of Zuckerberg, including blog posts, letters to shareholders, media interviews, public appearances and product presentations, and quotes in other sources.
The site was created by Michael Zimmer, an assistant professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. On Twitter last week, Zimmer said that the archive currently has 100 transcripts and 50 videos.
"The primary motivation is to try to get an understanding of how [Zuckerberg] talks about privacy," Zimmer told Ars on Monday. "Both the language and the framing and how he reacts to questions about privacy."
While the public can search the archive and easily find links to videos and stories that are published elsewhere, accessing the university's copy requires a login account. The university requires limiting access to "scholars doing research in a relevant area" as part of its adherence with the "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication." Scholars can request a login account, however—Ars has submitted for and received one.
"I think Zuckerberg is important because he is Facebook," Zimmer explained. "He has such a level as part of this company. I compare it to Steve Jobs and Apple. So much of what that company was an extension of him and his worldview. That's why I want to get a better understanding of him. As long as I have access to some students willing to listen to Zuckerberg, we'll keep going. It's like a presidential library, where you try to capture every word that JFK ever said. That's what we're trying to do here."
Zimmer and his team are putting in no small amount of effort. The professor described it as "a very manual process" and said his team has done everything from traditional Web searches to combing Lexis Nexis archives, even going through Zuckerberg's Wikipedia entry line by line. So while the archive is only days old, the materials thus far date back to Facebook's early days in 2004. Zimmer said he's already started to draw some preliminary conclusions.
"One thing I noticed is more international trips to talk about the platform and the business, which I suspect is a reflection of how the company is changing," he said. "[There's] the IPO and the more recent talk about immigration reform. He's started to move into some other arenas."
Facebook did not immediately respond to Ars' request for comment.


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Holy crap, I'm on fire! Abelard, I'm on fire!
Oh, wait. I'm a Warlock. A Destruction Warlock.
Setting things on fire is what I do.
(Previously. Previously.)
Holy crap, I'm on fire! Abelard, I'm on fire!
Oh, wait. I'm a Warlock. A Destruction Warlock.
Setting things on fire is what I do.
(Previously. Previously.)
Filed under Cynwise's Warcraft Manual, Warlockery
How are you getting the screen cap to work? All I'm getting is the actual screen behind WoW when I screen cap.
Oh wait. You run on a Mac.
They did it! They made Destruction feel like it did in Wrath. =D
Until you have multiple targets, then it gets a bit weird. I was never a fan of multi-dotting and I'm not sure I ever will be.
Remember when destro was all about shadow? In the days when armor was specced in terms of shadow or fire (or arcane (I think arcane was available))
I remember the tailor-only Frozen Shadoweave set which had to be nerfed because it was so ridiculously well itemised, since it had massive +Shadow damage and very little to no stamina on it. They were a lot less strict about the stat balance on individual pieces of gear back then.
If warlocks remain this strong I'll eat my hat, especially when compared to say mages and even shadow priests. I have been affliction player and that spec is now unplayable for me.
CoX > Haunt > Agony > Corruption > Unstable > Malefic Grasp, sounds great for a rotation no?
Except that haunt now consumes a soul shard that can be obtained only via soul drain reliably. Agony needs to stack to 10 to do full damage and it must be refreshed manually as reapplying or it's a dps loss. Agony and Affliction can be refreshed by fel flame, save that it is not refresh but extension by 6 sec, they also have different lengths.
Not a big fan of bazillion button rotation, plus more added in this patch.
Just in comparison the mage design remained fairly consistent.
Then again how do you balance a warlock – a dps class that can do direct damage, dot, self heal, have usable pets and spammable cc?
Beats me but I can understand why mage (direct damage, utility, no self heals, no pets save water elemental, spammable cc) is the favourite child.
Like The Dancing Hare, I am leveling (low 70's and counting) my 'lock as Destro and I cannot believe the amount of fun I'm having. I've been struggling to determine who my Mist persona will be – my raiding hunter will be retiring to his humble treehome in the woods of Dolannar after 5 years of service – and I think the destro is so much fun that it will win out over the fury warrior and blood DK as my new "identity." When playing this character, I truly feel like how I believe a warlock should feel – that they are superior to all and its only by fate and chance of unlikely goodwill that anything or anyone in their immediate vicinity survives destruction.
Destro is great but it seems sitautional in a way. Given like Spine of DW. The tendon have your 4Burning embers for 3chaos bolts than a Shadowburn. Dont even dps the first phase and dps the tendon phase and watch yourself climb the charts.(quite hilarious) But is it me or does there seem to not be a constant flow of high sustained dps. Where Afflic seems to have some amazing constants. (hits even harder at 25% but the downfall is dot uptime. You can only really get a few good ticks of Drain Soul before you immediately have to refresh a haunt than a corrupt than a agony and UA. The mal grasp seems fine better than a shadowbolt filler IMO, but again just a need of refreshing your dots because haunt/drain soul doesnt anymore -_-…. Let me know what you think.
P.S. Demo just seems to be mana deprived and kind of sucks now not really good dps to me anyway.


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A development blog of what Con Kolivas is doing with code at the moment with the emphasis on linux kernel, MuQSS, BFS and -ck.
Thursday, 11 August 2011
3.0.0-ck1 and BFS for 3.0.0
Note no packages this time because the current distributions get really confused thanks to the new numbering and may not boot.
Nauru was a very depressing place indeed, really living up to the expectations I had based on what I knew of the history of it. Goddamn we (collectively, the developed world) screwed that country up big...
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Works fine using Gentoo's 3.0.1 kernel.ReplyDelete
"Goddamn we (collectively, the developed world) screwed that country up big..."ReplyDelete
Not just that one unfortunately...
Thanks for BFS 3
Hello, thank you for this work, we can use on the version 3.0.1 without problems?ReplyDelete
Yes it should apply and work fine (as realnc said above)ReplyDelete
Yes all is oki work fine on 3.0.1ReplyDelete
Бut when will it have the 3.1, there were many major changes.
- Anonymous12 August 2011 at 03:39
What about these patches?ReplyDelete
I wanted the merge to 3.0 to be relatively risk free. I'll look at them shortly.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 August 2011 at 10:30
Great job, CK. Welcome home!ReplyDelete
$ dmesg | grep BFS
[ 0.569589] BFS CPU scheduler v0.406 by Con Kolivas.
- tux965612 August 2011 at 13:32
Thank you! It's nice to have bfs on 3.0.x. I was using 3.0 for a while for the improvements to btrfs performance but I just couldn't stand the terrible responsiveness when compiling or compressing stuff in the background. I actually went back to 2.6.39-ck2 and just dealt with the slower btrfs performance. Yes, bfs is really that much better compared to the stock scheduler.ReplyDelete
That's somewhere between bizarre, amusing and really disappointing at the same time. Thanks very much for the feedback.ReplyDelete
- Ralph Ulrich12 August 2011 at 18:26
@ck, I speculated in your previous blog, this BFS for linux-3.0 is difficult, because of a few new flags in the official scheduler which is for Linux Containers. Did you implement all this in BFS also?ReplyDelete
- Ralph Ulrich12 August 2011 at 18:44
@ck, diff tells me, you have done some work onReplyDelete
LinuxContainers should be possible to run with BFS !? (Ask me, how is it the BFS patch shortened since 2.6.39 :)
As per usual BFS practice, I... ignored features that are absolutely meaningless, useless, and more importantly inappropriate on the desktop. So - no, there is no support for any new features, just the same reliable predictable simple BFS which just plain works. I spent some time updating the sched domains code to be in line with the latest mainline and deleted stuff which is irrelevant to BFS which is why it's even smaller.ReplyDelete
@Ralph: FYI, I'm running LXC containers now: slackware64-current with lxc-0.7.5 and 3.0.1-ck1 ;)ReplyDelete
here they worked fine also on previous bfs releases...
- Ralph Ulrich12 August 2011 at 21:18
@ck gcc-4.6.1 changed behavior not including indirectsReplyDelete
compile Error using gcc-4.6.1
/src/linux-3.0/usr/include/linux/sched.h:1016: included file 'asm-x86/current.h' is not exported
/src/linux-3.0/usr/include/linux/sched.h:1575: userspace cannot reference function or variable defined in the kernel
/src/linux-3.0/usr/include/linux/soundcard.h:1054: userspace cannot reference function or variable defined in the kernel
make[3]: *** [/src/linux-3.0/usr/include/linux/.check] Error 123
make[2]: *** [linux] Error 2
make[1]: *** [headers_check] Error 2
- Ralph Ulrich12 August 2011 at 21:46
compiles unsetting CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECKReplyDelete
If there are missing includes using gcc-4.6.1 - I don't know if external modules (vbox,nvidia) will do ...
I compiled some 3.0.1-ck1 debs on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty (x86_64) for personal use, but I'd be more than happy to share:ReplyDelete
linux-image: http://www.mediafire.com/?95kwze5c71i5764
linux-headers: http://www.mediafire.com/?7ydf93cg4plotd1
Running for over 1 day now on several Lenovo T410/T420 ThinkPads and an HP Z400, all with Nehalem-based Core i7/Xeon processors, nvidia and vbox modules confirmed working.
Hope that helps someone! As always, thanks, Con.
gotta correct myself, CONFIG_SCHED_BFS excludes CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 August 2011 at 22:53
I was streaming video to internet other day, and the stream lagged really horribly using stock 3.0 kernel, so I had to go back to my 2.6-ck kernel.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this, btw are you doing BFQ too?
The stock IO scheduler locks completely my system when moving from HDD to HDD, haven't tested on 3.0 however. BFQ Fixed all these problems and more in the past.
- Anonymous12 August 2011 at 22:58
@ anon:ReplyDelete
A few days ago I asked Paolo Valente (BFQ's developer) about it and he said he's "trying to find the time" to port it to 3.0.
Guess we'll have to wait until a "3.0" appears in http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/
or perhaps an announcement here: http://groups.google.com/group/zen_kernel
Hmm... based on my purely anecdotal unquantifiable yardstick of the reports so far here, it appears mainline 3.0 is actually worse than the last few kernels.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous13 August 2011 at 00:50
Well one doesn't have to look at benchmarks to verify that linux kernels are gettings worse by the month. Each new release is slower than the previous one, there are months (years?) old unfixed power problems and other issues, but people insist on working on numa stuff instead of fixing existing problems for everyday use. But stuff that actually make it work better - like bfs or bfq - is excluded from the official kernel. Bah...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous13 August 2011 at 01:07
@ Anon :: 10:58 PMReplyDelete
Thank you for the response, I guess I could use noop IO scheduler until BFQ gets patched.
@ Anon: the i915 driver stack is another example of degrading or at least non-improving software. I still have spurious segfaults and kernel freezes on two out of three machines.ReplyDelete
So thanks to Con and Paolo for their good work on the schedulers. :-)
Maybe it's a good idea to create a version control repo for BFS, even if version control isn't the way CK works. I say this because BFS right now pretty much depends on one person. A proper "project" might result in a proper community of developers around BFS over time. It really might be worth the effort to start a project on something like SourceForge or whatever.ReplyDelete
- karabaja416 August 2011 at 22:58
One small bug I noticed and it's pretty recent, I don't know exactly when it started happening (because I wasn't using BFS for some time), but it happens on 3.0 and BFS 0.406.ReplyDelete
With VDPAU (nvidia) video decoding, when resizing video from fullscreen back to windowed by double clicking the video in smplayer, the transition is incredibly sluggish. It takes maybe 1.5 seconds do it, and you can see parts of the GUI appearing sporadically before it resizes (the video slider etc), and in the process video stops running (annoying when you have seperate sound track running synchronized elsewhere, don't ask why :D). This doesn't happen on CFS.
- karabaja417 August 2011 at 04:51
Also, I'm experiencing some small stutters every 1 or 2 minutes while playing OpenArena, like very small freezes here and there.ReplyDelete
The -pf patchset already includes BFQ (along with -ck1, TuxOnIce and a mainline update)ReplyDelete
See here: http://pf.natalenko.name/sources/3.0/ (not for 3.0.3 yet, though).
- Anonymous25 August 2011 at 00:46
Nice, but I wonder where did pf get BFQ for 3.x, it hasn't been released yet. It could be a simple port of the 2.6.x version.ReplyDelete
The Zen-Kernel in Version 3.0.3 does include the BFQ too. Using it here with BFS and BFQ enabled.ReplyDelete
CU sysitos
@CK BFS breaks tuxonice resume from hibernation when LZO or LZF compression is applied. This started from 184.108.40.206 onwards. Stock kernels with just tuxonice work fine. Related discussions can be found at the Archlinux and Gentoo forums from users of the pf-patchset (ck+tuxonice+bfq). See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=963183#p963183 and below for more.ReplyDelete
About tuxonice: That's a real shame. It's enough hard work for me to keep in sync with the mainline changes. It's nigh on impossible for me to try and keep in sync with all other out-of-mainline patches (yes I do see the irony given -ck is out-of-mainline too).ReplyDelete
I wouldn't expect otherwise and, anyway, it was a tuxonice update that broke it. I just find it funny that a scheduler would affect lzo decompression.ReplyDelete
Well freezing all the tasks and putting the scheduler in a state where the suspend process can proceed is EXTREMELY non-trivial, so just about any sort of interaction can happen that breaks suspend / resume. Last I saw, the compression is done in weird ways like disabling interrupts. Just about anything bad might happen like that :(ReplyDelete
- karabaja428 August 2011 at 02:04
@CK: do you have any info on two problems I posted above? VDPAU is kinda closed source and all, it depends solely on nvidia's ability to code it right so it works with BFS. But why would Openarena stutter? As stated above, I'm experiencing small mini-freezes every minute or so.ReplyDelete
If you could do something for either of these bugs that would be awesome :)
@karabaja4:Unfortunately I have no idea. Are you using just BFS or -ck? Are you using the ondemand power governor? Have you enabled the zcache compressed ram cache thingy?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous29 August 2011 at 01:35
I heard cgroups are needed for CFS, but what about BFS? Can I safely disable config_cgroups? Thanks.ReplyDelete
- karabaja429 August 2011 at 07:52
@CK: I am using -ck (Archlinux AUR), but there is no BFQ for 3.0 yet (it's commented out), so for now -ck includes only BFS. I am not using ondemand power governor or compressed ram cache, pretty much default mainline kernel with BFS and it's recommended settings (ticks off, preempt on, timer 1000).ReplyDelete
P.S. Do you by any chance have a nvidia card capable of vdpau so you could either try to reproduce the vdpau bug or openarena bug with nvidia blob drivers?
- karabaja429 August 2011 at 09:36
P.P.S. Oh, I just figured out that BFS and CK patchsets are actually different. I will test the BFS patch and report.ReplyDelete
- karabaja429 August 2011 at 23:45
I tested pure BFS without the extra -ck patches. Both bugs are still there, although it may be that openarena freezes are less often, and when they do happen the freeze time is a bit shorter (I think).ReplyDelete
Sorry, I mixed up things in above posts, I though -ck includes BFQ by default. I now see that -ck is in fact BFS but with lots of mini-patches. Anyway, I tested both and its roughly the same.
One more thing I noticed about the vdpau bug, when moving smplayer window around, CPU goes insane and movements are VERY choppy.
- karabaja429 August 2011 at 23:49
P.S. Another game where mini-freezes are way more visible (because the game itself is very fluid) is Extreme Tux Racer (try track "Who said Penguins Can'f Fly").ReplyDelete
- towheedm30 August 2011 at 07:27
Getting a lot of '/usr/src/linux-3.0/usr/include/linux/sched.h:xxxx: userspace cannot reference function or variable defined in the kernel' errors with 'make headers_check'. It does not happen with the stock 3.0.0 kernel.ReplyDelete
Also got the error:
/usr/src/linux-3.0/usr/include/linux/sched.h:1016: included file 'asm-x86/current.h' is not exported
@karabaja4: Are you running kde? Perhaps you're running into the kde + compositing + nvidia issue? It hits far more frequently on BFS than mainline. If so, try a different desktop environment?ReplyDelete
- karabaja430 August 2011 at 09:49
@CK: not using DE (just plain Openbox WM), I have compositing disabled.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous31 August 2011 at 21:13
@karabaja4: You see the same bug with pure 3.0. So how is it a BFS problem?ReplyDelete
- karabaja431 August 2011 at 22:37
@Anonymous: Where did I write that? I don't see it with CFS on 3.0.ReplyDelete
I said I see it on pure kernel patched with BFS patch _only_, without the additional 3.0 -ck patches.
- Anonymous5 September 2011 at 02:56
people with small freezes (kernel 3.0.x), maybe related to https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40262ReplyDelete
And this is the patch if you want to try:ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7 September 2011 at 23:35
Any plans to tidy up usage of long and int if that's beneficial on less powerful CPU's?ReplyDelete
Guaranteed it would not make a difference measurable by any means on the planet.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 September 2011 at 03:37
16-bit arches would crawl. Let me put the question differently. What's the realistic range of numbers BFS explores while using long. I know that number of CPUs is proclaimed to be less than 4092. :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 September 2011 at 13:44
What the heck are you talking about? Linux only runs on 32 and 64 bit platforms and long and int are the same size on 32bits. They're only different on 64 bit platforms and there is zero speed advantage to int over long, just slight size difference.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 September 2011 at 23:12
Int is the most natural integer for a given arch and is tied to word. Long simply happens to be equal to int on 32/64 bit.ReplyDelete
There is neither a need to rely on the happenstance nor any benefit.
"Int is the most natural integer for a given arch and is tied to word."ReplyDelete
Not really. Neither the C nor C++ standards say anything about it. As a result, it's compiler-specific as well as system specific. GCC on Intel x86-64 has a 32-bit int while the native word size is 64-bit (long). Other compilers and GCC on other architectures can (and do) behave differently.
- Anonymous10 September 2011 at 03:34
I still think that BFS abuses long and long long.ReplyDelete
C99 6.2.5 (5) does explicitly say that int is the natural type for a given architecture.
This is worth cleaning. There are patches posted in another thread that begin to address this.
The fact that long happens to be equal to int does not excuse the bad practice.
The long longs are absolutely necessary and the ints are the same size as the longs. "Does not excuse the bad practice" - well excuse me for coding my brain fuck scheduler with bad practice.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 September 2011 at 13:14
Apology accepted.ReplyDelete
@CK: Hi,ReplyDelete
I use debian/testing, i used the new kernel 3.0 with the patch -ck.
The kernel result is a very big, 2GB +o- compare to 700mb +o-
The initrd is very big too, 90mb compare to 9mb.
Any idea for this?
BFS has nothing to do with this. You should learn how to build kernels :-P
@RealNC :PReplyDelete
I've learned,
the problem is, the last kernel (2.6) work very fine,
now, 3.0 not work very fine,
is the same config :)
Did you remember to do "make oldconfig" after applying the BFS patch?ReplyDelete
Yes, I tried too :(ReplyDelete
no have case,
I still use default config :/
Thanks my friend.
- Anonymous20 September 2011 at 13:59
@other anonymous: are you really such a moron to think you deserve an apology, or that he was actually apologizing for something that is your bullshit view of what's important that he rightfully doesn't care about?ReplyDelete
Indeed apology was sarcasm, but I was going to get around to it, eventually.ReplyDelete
hi allReplyDelete
I need patch-3.0.0-ck1.bz2 but kernel.org is down, where can i download it?
me too, I need this ck patch too, is there anywhere else I can find it?ReplyDelete
nevermind, got it here http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/3.0/patch-3.0.0-ck1.gzReplyDelete
Is this patch available somewhere? It's needed for a custom kernel for an Android device. Newer kernels don't work on the device as of now.ReplyDelete